Ih 706 tractor pulling speed

[Richard Nixon]

Hi guys I’m pulling my ih 706 at the local tractor pull next weekend it’s completely stock and I can pull up to 10 mph, I’m wonder if should pull in low 4 or high 2 I know high 2 ill have more speed but less power and I know low 4 I’ll have less speed more power, low 4 is about 6.50 mph, high 2 is around 10

NTTL 856 with

Hi guys I’m pulling my ih 706 at the local tractor pull next weekend it’s completely stock and I can pull up to 10 mph, I’m wonder if should pull in low 4 or high 2 I know high 2 ill have more speed but less power and I know low 4 I’ll have less speed more power, low 4 is about 6.50 mph, high 2 is around 10

In all of the Nebraska rests of the 706 no matter which engine or fuel it used (gas or diesel) little engine or big, the greatest amount of pull was observed using 3rd gear-low TA. Tractors were all ballasted to approximately 10000# with wheel slip just under 15% on an asphalt track. I'd go with 3rd-Low all the way. Caution: This is "free advice".

 

[flying belgian]

Thanks guys, I’m probably gonna pull in low 3 or low 4

I would try low 3 first time. Get our drawbar height at specs. Been 40 years since I pulled but I believe height is 18 inches. Someone on here will know.

 

[Brendon-KS]

NTTL 856 with

In all of the Nebraska rests of the 706 no matter which engine or fuel it used (gas or diesel) little engine or big, the greatest amount of pull was observed using 3rd gear-low TA. Tractors were all ballasted to approximately 10000# with wheel slip just under 15% on an asphalt track. I'd go with 3rd-Low all the way. Caution: This is "free advice".

Just as a note the Nebraska tests always limit the wheel slip to 15% so with most tractors the first few gears are not run as it would not be possible to pull the engine down to rated speed without exceeding this. This is typically noted in the lower right corner of the report in the "remarks" section. For the 706 tests even the 5th gear (3-LOW-TA) pull was limited since the engine was still 100ish rpm above rated speed when the 15% slip limit was hit. One difference between these tests and a sled pull is that the hitch to the test rig is horizontal so there is no downward pull on the drawbar like there usually is with a sled.

 

[560Dennis]

Thanks guys, I’m probably gonna pull in low 3 or low 4

Keep us posted on your progress, interesting post , got to start somewhere.

 

[MeanGene1]

When we first got the '63 demonstrator, gramps just kept the 5-16 plow that had been used for plow days. It was of course turned up a bit, and it would pull the 5-16's in L3 but made it work pretty good. She was loaded down well with loaded 18.4-34's with four sets of weights and a full rack of 73's on front. Pulling up hill a bit, it would dance the front wheels a little. Gramps thought it was "working it too hard" and swapped out for a 4-16. It would just loaf along with that in L3, and would pull L4 but gramps said "too fast" lol. He caught me pulling the 13-1/2 foot disc in H1 one day and chewed my butt good for "beating on it". The stock-tune '65 would also pull the 4-16's without breathing hard, 15.5-38's and more weights

 

[the tractior vet]

When we first got the '63 demonstrator, gramps just kept the 5-16 plow that had been used for plow days. It was of course turned up a bit, and it would pull the 5-16's in L3 but made it work pretty good. She was loaded down well with loaded 18.4-34's with four sets of weights and a full rack of 73's on front. Pulling up hill a bit, it would dance the front wheels a little. Gramps thought it was "working it too hard" and swapped out for a 4-16. It would just loaf along with that in L3, and would pull L4 but gramps said "too fast" lol. He caught me pulling the 13-1/2 foot disc in H1 one day and chewed my butt good for "beating on it". The stock-tune '65 would also pull the 4-16's without breathing hard, 15.5-38's and more weights

Around here 4x16's on a C 263 or the D 282 is all want in 4th low , step up to the 291 or 310 then same plow same ground she will haul them in 1st high in corn ground or bean ground , BUT in alpha old stand now your down in working the snot out of them in fourth low . Now the 806 when new was the animal in the field . Guy i worked for bought the first one showen to the public and my uncle bought the next one to hit the area the following weekend straight off the truck . It did not see a moldboard plow till spring . But my bosses was plowing two days after it hit the barn yard . It was delivered to the barn yard at 11:30 Pm labor day evening straight from the Fair grounds Tuesday afternoon it was setting General Maintenance Diesel's shop getting a Troubenich (sp) turbo installed and a four roller pump and Wed. it was plowing the field running north and south , long flat fields . My uncles got the same treatment a couple weeks later on a rain delay. In the spring of 64 the 706 D arrived along with the five bottom and four bottom . How farming was changing , from when i first started plowing at 8 years old on a Oliver O C 3 crawler pulling 2x16's following along behind two other crawlers a D 4 Cat pulling five bottoms and a Oliver O C 6 with three bottoms we were now pulling a total of 9 bottoms with just two of us and plowing faster then the crawlers did . The only down side were the WET SPOTS , Crawlers did not care if there was standing water , wheel tractors did not like soggy ground that is why the O C 6 Stayed and always setting close by .

 

[MeanGene1]

The potato farmer next to us bought the 806D Demonstrator that was mated to our 706D, same setup, 18.4-34's and clamshells, and he brought home the 6-16's that it had pulled on plowing demonstrations. That old beast pulled those 6-16's for at least 10 years when I moved away, never a breakdown and he worked it hard

 

[MSD]

Been to a lot of pulls. Always interesting to watch the new guys pull. They usually think they have all the power to win but find out as soon as they start to move the sled it is a dead horse they are working with.

 

[MeanGene1]

I just got back from the VTPA pull at Calistoga Speedway- we ran our Pro Modified 6200 lb truck with a 672 ci 460, 314 ft- but our friends with a new Ford Hemi went 330- man, does that thing howl. Nice spread of tractors, 6 Massey Harris, about 10 Deeres and the same Farmalls, a couple Olivers and a couple Minny Mo's

 

[BarnyardEngineering]

Thanks guys, I’m probably gonna pull in low 3 or low 4

That's the spirit! Try something, and see what happens. Then you'll know more for next time. Don't go thinking you're going to get it right the first time out and win. Hopefully you saw a few guys run first and saw what gears they were using. They're not going to give you their secrets to winning, and most of them probably don't know any more than you do anyway. Watch, learn, experiment, and you'll be better prepared for next time.

 

[the tractior vet]

The potato farmer next to us bought the 806D Demonstrator that was mated to our 706D, same setup, 18.4-34's and clamshells, and he brought home the 6-16's that it had pulled on plowing demonstrations. That old beast pulled those 6-16's for at least 10 years when I moved away, never a breakdown and he worked it hard

Both the 806 and 706 had flat tops same as old G F's . The five valve stack for the hyd. on the new john beam harvester was mounted there . And did not take long to show that the fender was NOT heavy enough as cracks were forming by the end of harvest the first season . And of ALL over 25 years of buying the 06's i have only had a hand full of clam shells all on 706's

 

[MeanGene1]

These two were early '63 plowing demonstrators, looked identical except for the different grilles. 18.4-34's and clamshells on both, with lights on the sides

 

[the tractior vet]

These two were early '63 plowing demonstrators, looked identical except for the different grilles. 18.4-34's and clamshells on both, with lights on the sides

Well Now all i can tell ya the 706 and 806 that were first showen to the public was at the Canfield/ Mahoning county fair that ran five day and ended on labor day . The I H dealer was a Company store out of Boardman O. They sent two trucks out to the plant Sunday night to pick these two up and made it back to the fair ground mid afternoon on tuesday . Every year i took my vacation the week before the fair and the day after labor day before school started and my one high school buddy and i had a side gig where we would wash and wax the stuff for the I H store and set up the lot at the fair grounds including string the light string . jack and i got five bucks a tractor six bucks for a baler and fifteen to do a combine 7 bucks for scouts and travelalls and fe got gate passes and since i had a car i got a dealer parking sticker . . I told the guy i worked for about that 806 as he owned one of the larger farms in the county . He showed up Wed. afternoon while jack and i were drilling post holes to put up the 16 foot 4x4's to hang the light string on , I stopped and was showing G F and telling him everything i knew about it when the branch manager Frances pulled in and introduced him to G F and stood back as Frances got talking while G F listen then G F asked one question and Frances give him a number and the check came out of his wallet looked at Frances and said SOLD and wrote the check . Frances had to do some fast talking as G F wanted it out the farm then and NOW . And they wanted it in the peraid every night to show it off . G F agreed with one condition that i was to be the only one driving it . Come Monday evening at 11 PM it was going up on the truck for the six mile ride out to the farm . Mine and Jacks tues morning was tearing down the lights and poles and when finished Frances handed me a envelope with out pay and a extra check for a 100 bucks for helping make the sale . Now that up coming Sat. i went with my uncle down to the I H dealer where he bought the next one to hit the area.

 

[MeanGene1]

Gramps had sold out of the dealership by the time he bought our "new" 706D. It had a set of 75% 15.5-38s on it with flattops, as he made a deal with his friends who bought him out to swap the new tires for the used ones and the clamshells for flattops. This is it today, a guy who worked for gramps and then later for the guy who later bought the tractor bought it an restored it, and has it in his small collection

 

[the tractior vet]

Gramps had sold out of the dealership by the time he bought our "new" 706D. It had a set of 75% 15.5-38s on it with flattops, as he made a deal with his friends who bought him out to swap the new tires for the used ones and the clamshells for flattops. This is it today, a guy who worked for gramps and then later for the guy who later bought the tractor bought it an restored it, and has it in his small collection

Wish i knew how to put up pictures , but being and old goat this high tech stuff is over my head . we gussied up a bunch . The S/MTA i stole June 27 1990 at the one big sale i always went to twice a month even with Denny Polk doing the selling she was rude and crud in what was left of org. paint a one owner S/MTA with a I H pipe loader and a blade covered in hog manure the only issue i found was that one head lite did not work and it had NO BRAKES , Started first hit even charged in the ORG 6 Volt and as i was parking it after i took it for a test run to see if i was going to KEEP or reject this OLD guy came up and said she is a good one bought it new March of 54 . He told me everything he had done to it full M &W flat tops Gov new 450 cam and it made 60 HP. That day was my best day ever at the sale , bought a sharp 966. 1066 , AC 7030 , Av 7040 off the same farm sharp and good four 706's two running and two out of the dead row a sharp A C 200 good . And i did not even have the trailer with me due to me over sleeping and hour and a half and to make the sale on time we flogged my 88 Ford F 350 hard , back then speed limit was still 55 . Just east of Indy i smoked Dick Green as i blew past him . Dick Green was one of the owners of Tri Green auctions . It was also the hottest day even at that sale . When i left N/E Ohio at 4:30 Am it was 85 Degrees , at the sale it was 107 degrees and a vary small crowed , as i was headed for my truck Dick asked me if i wanted to put the MTA in his sale for next Wed. i declined and said BUT IF you give me some slots on the south side of the drive i will let you have the 9 and 1066 and the two Allis the A C 200 is headed up to Poppa BEAR as long as you don't hammer me on trucking , Donny will bring the S MTA and the 200 home to his place and i will pick them up there as he has four trucks coming to pick up what i bought for him as that wis three and a half truck loads my stuff will fill out the load . My buddy Donny and i would buy for each other at times this way we could cover two sales at once . He passed in 2021 . he is the one i built the 706 gas for that dominated dead weight tractor pulling over four county's or was it five . The S/MTA made fast line and also the 94 Red power round up video over at Hookstown Pa. , i has several 706's on the cover of fastline along with the one owner 806 i bought out of Indiana off the farm . My buddy who we shared a shop together he did the paint work and he passed in like 2022 of Cancer /. Mike had painter like 12 tractors for the Hookstown show . He and i started the tractor painting gig back in 75 while he and i were running coal Buckets yup outlaw truckers , what most called Gross we called NET . We filled the wagon and made it look like D Q and RUN . . Starting in Aug. we would stat hauling road salt out of Cleveland to salt sheds load a load of coal early like 4 Am and beat feet up to Cleveland and run over and grab a load of salt and head south just as hard as we could run back then , drop it and back over to the mines for a load going to Republic steel Cleveland as the would dump you when ya got there then back over to the salt mine for load # two . Two up an two back were better then three up with nothing back .